Antonio de Lecea is Principal Advisor to the Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, and Acting Director for Investment, Growth, and Structural Reforms, at the European Commission. He steers monitoring, assessment, analysis and recommendations on policies to increase productivity, investment, and growth in the EU.

Until December 2015 he served as Minister and Principal Advisor at the European Union Delegation to the United States, in charge of economic diplomacy with the US authorities, US-based international financial institutions and financial markets.

Prior to this he served as the European Commission President’s personal economic representative at the G7-G8-G20, and Economic Advisor to the President. He held management and advisory jobs in the Economic Affairs, Budget, Internal Control, and Economic Affairs Departments of the European Commission. He has held academic positions in Spain and the US, and been guest-lecturer at several US universities.